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From: ahodgson@athena.mit.edu (Antony Hodgson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Strange run-time error with Borland C++2.0 IDE
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Date: 9 Apr 91 02:06:10 GMT
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In article <104577@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> mcmillan@anaconda.cis.ohio-state.edu (Harold McMillan) writes:
>I just got Borland C++ 2.0 and a brand-new computer - a Gateway 2000 386
>- 33MHz with 4Mb RAM.  I consistently get the following error after a
>few cycles of compling and running the CIRCLE.PRJ demo program.  The
>error occurs when I try to run the program within the BCX environment.
>
>GP at 0020 4FCA EC 0148
>GP at 0020 59A0 EC 05C4
>System: Cannot recover from exception
>System: Kernel cannot continue
>Error: Cannot load BCX.OVY because real-mode version is already running
>
I had a very similar problem when I put a watch on (char*)0,4m to watch
for NULL pointer assignment.  The general protection fault occurs as
soon as I try to enter the watch - even before I run the program.

Tony Hodgson
ahodgson@hstbme.mit.edu